The company revealed new, encouraging data showing the vaccine may do a better-than-expected job at protecting patients against new variants.
Type: Healthcare
Widely Used COVID-19 Vaccine May Be More Effective if Second Dose Is Given After a Long Wait Rather Than a Short One
Single-dose administration and the influence of the timing of the booster dose on immunogenicity and efficacy of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AZD1222) vaccine: a pooled analysis of four randomised trials.
Vaccine supply expected to surge soon
The U.S. supply of coronavirus vaccines is expected to significantly expand over the next few months, with more than enough doses available to vaccinate all U.S. adults before the end of July.
Vaccine chaos may undermine second doses
Some of the same problems that have plagued the coronavirus vaccine rollout could also make it harder for people to get the second dose of the vaccines.
Tech troubles snarl seniors’ attempts to sign up for vaccines
Seniors are supposed to be among the first Americans to get COVID-19 vaccines, but they're running into a major problem: Signing up for the appointments online.
2021 CMS Code Updates: Chronic Care Management (CCM)
CMS Updates for the Use of CPT® codes 99490, 99439, 99487, 99489, 99491 and HCPCS code G0506…
COVID-19: Will the Coronavirus Help Cement Role of Telemedicine?
Massachusetts expanded access to telehealth through executive orders meant to help hospitals and health-care providers respond to a surge in COVID-19 cases while continuing to care for patients' other medical needs.
COVID-19: Community Health Centers Excluded From Federal Coronavirus Aid
New funding to boost Medicaid providers during the coronavirus pandemic will leave out the nation’s 1,400 community health centers, which serve more than 29 million low-income patients.
COVID-19: A third of Medicare enrollees with coronavirus ended up in the hospital. A quarter of them died.
325,000 beneficiaries were diagnosed with coronavirus and nearly 110,000 of them were hospitalized. 28% of those who were hospitalized died…
COVID-19: A Study on Infectivity of Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Carriers
In summary, all the 455 contacts were excluded from SARS-CoV-2 infection and we conclude that the infectivity of some asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 carriers might be weak.